Yellow-legged Gull HD429

The scheme that colour-ringed the juvenile Yellow-legged Gull (HD429) I saw on the River Adur opposite Shoreham Airport on 27 July and 23 August have reported back. It was ringed prior to fledgling on 3 May at Neuenburger See (Lake Neuchatel), western Switzerland, approximately 750 km SE of Shoreham and directly to the west of Bern. Tony Benton also saw it on 1 August and it could well still be around and visiting the low-tide roost intermittently.

HD429 on 27 July

HD429 on 23 August

HD429's birth certificate/passport

01 September 2017. A walk around Cissbury with Megan and Cookie was rather quiet although a Redstart and 3 Spotted Flycatchers just about made it worth while. Otherwise just single Swallow and House Martin, 6 Whitethroats, 2 Willow Warblers and a Raven heard. Cookie started her holiday in Hove.

Spotted Flycatcher at Cissbury, one of three seen

30 August 2017. An early visit to Mill Hill with Cookie was very quiet with 14 Swallows over and just single Garden Warbler and Blackcap in the bushes.

Rampion platforms from Mill Hill

Garden Warbler at Mill Hill

 

looking west from Mill Hill

29 August 2017. A Wheatear on Southwick Beach on my way to work and two there on my return although the beach isn't so easy to view while cycling these days and others were probably missed.